hello. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: on the first day of the conservative conference, theresa may says she is sorry that some conservative mps lost their seats in the general election. voters clash with riot police in the spanish region of catalonia, as many try to take part in a banned referendum on independence. the low—cost travel company, monarch, has been granted a 24—hour extension to its licence to sell package holidays. and an air france flight was forced to make a sudden diversion when it lost part of an engine over the atlantic. now on bbc news, does the world have generation z wrong? we bring you a special programme exploring the misconceptions of 16—22 year olds and asking, how they see their future. who are generation z?

what do they stand for and are they misunderstood by other generations? we have a newsbeat special on bbc news this week allowing 16 to 22—year—olds to discuss how older people view them. some of the highlights of that coming up. but first, let's meet a few people from generation z. my generation are always on the internet, demanding an answer. are you a boy? are you a girl? i had qualifications but couldn't find a job. things are going badly. i think to be a young person in the uk at the moment

is to be confused. you have more opportunities than you've ever seen before but you have no idea what to do with them and you have no direction in which you're going. you also are constantly told things are going badly, so you are aware there is a housing crisis, you are aware you're going to be in debt, you are aware of all of this stuff, and you have no idea how you are going to find success through that. the biggest issue i'm worried about facing young people is mental health. older generations used to have these check marks of being successful. i'll do this, then i'll get up to uni or get a job. i want this and this and then i'll buy my own house, i'll get married or have kids. there was a really clear plan of what you needed to do to become fulfilled and successful

and that's gone. please give it up, a massive welcome! i wanted to write a poem about black ghosts, whose stories never make the news. about black boys who are more likely to be sectioned than helped. about black boys who drowned women. one of the reasons i love poetry is because it's been one of the best ways to channel loads of my insecurities. right now, i'm just working on some poetry and some writing. i think since i've gone to uni, i've been feeling really inspired. i'm in a new city, and meeting new people, new adventures and new experiences. so i've been writing loads and that's a good way of helping me cope with the stresses of being in a new environment. i wanted to write a poem about the philips and viviennes who are scared to be black and successful means you lose more than you gain. anxiety was something i knew was there but i was never sure what caused it. it's a really weird moment when they give you your uni pass for the first time. i think every fresher at the moment

is feeling nervous, feeling anxious. they're excited but ultimately everybody feels quite scared. i randomly woke up and suddenly that day even though nothing is going wrong i felt really anxious about going to see my friend who i've seen hundreds of times before. you want to make it into a big deal but what makes it so bad is you are not sure what causes it. now there's people who you are comparing yourselves to. i'm not worried about the person in my class or whether i'm going to beat them. i'm worried about all the people i see online. every time i see new young person become a millionaire and set up their business, i'm feeling like i'm not doing enough. but i guess until that happens you are home to bel—air. social media to me has given me a completely

different career option. hi, everyone, i'm georgina. i started an online blog which turned into a social media business, which turned into an online magazine, and now i do all three. told you it gets noisy in this house. have to wait for my mother to go downstairs and my brother to shut up. i was in a car accident around three years ago now. i have been diagnosed with chronic spinal pain. i can't stay out for more than a couple of hours‘ at a time. travelling is so painful. it's quite difficult to be a 20—year—old and not being able to do so much. —— 22—year—old. i'm not actually going to get better. this is life now. social media is the only reason why i do still have a social life. it really has 110% enhanced my life and made it...and made it.

my entire life is online, my entire world is online, my career is, my social life is. social media has just been completely everything for my life. i thank it for everything. so newquay is very seasonal. i've been a lifeguard for four years, but that was seasonal. i've been a receptionist, but once again seasonal for a holiday park. one minute they need me, one minute they don't. had all my qualifications but couldn't find a job. special k, 25p.

i looked this up on amazon last night and it's actually £7 and i sell it for £1.50. several products you can eat years past its best before date. as long as it's sealed, kept dry, it's perfectly fine. i've always wanted a career where i can help my local community. it's nice to see families tell their children they can have whatever they want and then they can spend the other money on days out or whatever. so it's good to know you are helping other people. some people might frown on it, but this place is a godsend. she's got a kind heart and she looks after the locals in the best way possible. she's keeping them fed.

i've had people spit in my face, i've had people throw products at me. i've had people completely disagree with what i'm doing, but at the end of the day, i'm helping my community and i've got a lot of support behind me, so it doesn't matter. people think if you're male, you should be one way. if you are female, you should be another. it's kind of me going, no, i'm not either of those. i don't want to be either of those. i'm just going to be here in the middle being me. quite a fashion statement, i think. when you are in cosplay, you are someone else. like, you'll go to a convention. there'll be people who don't know you but they might know your character. the best one i ever made

was probably handsomejack, who i had the wig for. that's my personal favourite, that's my handsome jack wig. we were referring to each other as oui’ character names and they were calling mejack and ijust thought, hold on, i really like that actually. my original name, it never felt like me. it was just sort of something i had, butjack is me. like, when i think of myself as younger, that's the name i'd use, that's the name i respond to more often than not. mum and i are headed out later. we're going to see young guns. so i'm gonna need something to wear that i can move around in but also that's going to look sharp. ‘cause that's important. one of the really good things about not being restricted about where you shop is you get a good variety when buying stuff. i quite like fun patterned shirts, as well as shirts with my name on. clothes are sorted.

that was easy. now i'll choose jewellery and make up. probably not going to bother with make—up today. i'm not feeling it, but i do love always wearing jewellery. i might have lied about the whole no make—up thing. it's only powder. it's fine. i do often think to myself, "oh, hey, if you are enjoying this make up, if you're enjoying dressing a certain way, maybe you're just playing it up." it's kind of really the anxiety. there is no right or wrong way to be non—binary. the whole thing is, it's personal. we're on our way now to go and see young guns. music was quite important to me growing up, especially as a young teenager who never felt quite like i fitted in. i was definitely a massive emo.

you know, they have all these songs about not being quite right, not fitting in, being the odd one out and that was quite important for me. do you remember how you first found out about the whole non—binary thing because i never felt the need to come out? it wasn't actually a thing. maybe it was something on facebook. probably a meme or something. yeah. yeah, but, you know, whatever. however she chooses to be, i have no problem with that. if one day she wakes up and says, i'm a boy today, whatever. you're pretty cool. we do cool stuff. we do very cool stuff.

if it weren't for you, i wouldn't be going out to see cool bands. i'm useful in some ways. i am in a close—up. i did that. in terms of what we see of non—binary people in the media and such, i've got it easy because i do fit the whole stereotype of being white and skinny and androgynous looking. but really there is no particular way to be non—binary. you don't have to look or behave in a certain way. if you are non—binary, you are. it doesn't matter what your race is, what your body is like. you just are. there are cases of people assuming, particularly with me, because i look more feminine than anything, oh, girl, she, miss.

and some of the time that doesn't bother me, but sometimes, particularly when i'm having a masculine day, or an a—gender day, it reminds me that i am not passing as well as i did and that's not fair. i'm hesitant to say that we shouldn't have gender as a whole because i know for some people it's quite important to them and who they are, but our expectations and our roles of this is what women do, this is what men do, we can't go outside that is, is incredibly limiting. i've definitely had drunk old man coming up to me on the street while eating a baguette. are you a boy or a girl? demanding an answer. hopefully as time passes, people will be more... i don't know whether to say forgiving or accepting. they'll understand more and then people won't be so funny about it. they'lljust be, ok, that'sjust jack, that's the way they are. my grandad would go out of his way

to do anything if you thought he could get a laugh from it. it's like watching the pictures, this. they come as one, my grandparents. it's hard to think of them as a separate parts. this is my front door and we'll go to my grandad's through their front door. what you got? have you got a joke for me? to market, to market market, we'll buy a good shoe.

somebody threw a tomato or two. the tomato was ripe when it come with this skin. but this one didn't, it came in a tin. you're great. cheers, mate. oh, hello. a bit of cake. are you ready? since my grandad got diagnosed, i wouldn't say my relationship with him has changed in any way. i still see him as my grandad, how i've always seen him. say hello. hello. i see each and every one of them as role models. they are my family but they're also my friends. he's your mate.

we've all stuck together, haven't we? if he wants something doing, i'll go and do it. i'd run a mile for him. singing. i would be half the man if i didn't have them. we build the annex on for mum to come and live with this when declan was three. he can't really remember not living altogether, can he? we've got three generations of knowledge. he tells us things that we don't even know. he keeps us up—to—date with the tech. i'm miles behind. a day's wasted if he doesn't make someone laugh or smile. that's what i take from that. that's my motto for the day. it makes you smile.

those are a few people from generation 2. talking about their lives, hopes and fears. here are some more. an audience of 16 to 20—year—olds joined us. i am a musician. social media is integral to my career but some think it is a bad thing. i am 16 and i feel like society is making it harder for our generation by forcing us to follow a mapped out route. i am constantly told i need to get work experience but no one is willing to give us our first chance. i'm 22 and super optimistic, i worked in uni two or three differentjobs and took a voluntary year out of unpaid work to do placements. as soon as i graduated on friday,

i was in myjob on monday. congratulations. what did you study and what jobs were you doing? how did you find it coping with that? studied fashion design. i did retail, barwork, anything that would help along with my student loan. then did placements for different companies. a lot of them in the fashion industry are free. it is so competitive and you have to work for free. from that, i got a job with the only company that paid me. do you feel lucky? no, because i worked hard. we work hard and it is not luck, it is grafting. i have just graduated with a history degree. i do see what you say that grafting is important. everyjob i applied for, it means experience.

i want to work in politics but it is very competitive. it is not ok for everyone to live in london. i'm from newcastle and can't go and live in london for free. for me, it was always i had to go to university to succeed. it was always shoved down my throat. by who? by teachers. what the teachers say, peers think you are not going to university. are you sure? for me, i knew what i wanted to do and especially in the creative industry, it is an industry that you do not need a degree to have. you need experience. sometimes you have to do stuff for free and you need that experience to get into it. connections, you need to get

yourself about and use the resources that you have which is technology, social media. the creative industry on social media is unbelievable. i'm 21 and i'm a blind beauty blogger. i made a video that went viral. we are really not lazy. social media is a massive platform to show everyone around the world that you can be disabled, have anything wrong with you and you can do anything you want to do and it is empowering and i think the older generation needs to google disability and google transgender people. we are really conquering the world and kicking people's butts because we are amazing. what was it that inspired you? i went blind when i was 17 and i am blind now and 21. i felt alone and couldn't do it any more. i thought i can't be the only

person feeling like this. i made a youtube channel. lucy edwards. it went from there, really. i built a community and ifelt like i wasn't alone. i have built a platform i am proud of. i created a hash tag called hash tag saggy boobs matter. there are a lot of young women who have saggy boobs and get fun poked out of them. i have saggy boobs, too. i took a photo of my boobs and i explained the fact that i would go to places like marks and spencer and get a bra fitting. i try them on and it doesn't look like the woman on the packet because she has perfect boobs. i have been taught a certain way to view myself. i have taught myself that we have to open up these conversations. social media is the best way to open up a conversation. anybody can get involved and access it. the idea of young people

wasting time and being lazy, it is ridiculous. we are creating the change we want to see. it is hilarious that older people say we are always on our phones and social media. who do they come to when they need help setting up their phones? you are a gymnast and in the public eye. what is social media like you? really positive but it can have negatives. for our sport, competition where is very revealing. it is all the leotards. i have had things where people see you grow up from when you start competing. you're aged ten when you start, you grow up and change to a woman. you get a couple of comments like she looks a bit overweight

and try and put you down a bit. i had one this year after my european championships. first british gymnast to win all—round gold in an international, by the way. someone had put a video of my floor routine online and this woman thought she would make a comment saying i had put on weight. she doesn't know me, doesn't know the journey i went through from post—olympics to now. in my opinion, she can't really comment. this is a big thing for me. the first time i have admitted it in public. i am bisexual. i think it has been really difficult for me to come out of this stage,

especially to people at school because there is so much stereotyping. so many presumptions around it and people assuming you are a certain way because of how you act and who you are attracted to. in reality, it is not something you can control. they think it is a sin. i am hard wired that way and it is something that i truly believe was the way i was born. i'm sick of people telling me i have to be a different way because that is not how it should be. you are telling us you are bisexual and your family and friends are hearing this for the first time. how do you think they will feel? i'm hoping they'll be ok with it. it's going to be really awkward when i get home. i think this is the easiest way to do it. having that conversation face—to—face is really difficult. maybe i have taken the coward's way out, i don't know.

hope you enjoyed that. the lives of generation z were a big part of our coverage on radio one this week. you can find more by going online and searching for newsbeat. hello, we have a bit of an unfulfilled autumnal feel to our weather. today is no exception, a lot of cloud around across the country, seems like this one by one of our weather watchers, not just the cloud but plenty of rain on the weather front of strengthening winds also. through the next few hours, the rain across western parts of the

country, heavier for the hills the rain across western parts of the country, heavierfor the hills of scotland, north—west england, very light and drizzly across the world and the southwest. eastern parts of england properly staying dry good good part of the day. 17 or 18 celsius. clearer skies working into the west, northern ireland into some late sunshine. if you often see any of the premier league games, i think you are in this sunny weather later on the afternoon, the wind is picking up. should state drives are quite a good part of the day. the rain magic of the way in the evening, clearer skies and dry conditions in the south that windy with heavy showers further north tonight. as we move into the early hours of monday, blustery with heavy, shallow rents in scotland, northern ireland and purpose sub a dry start to the new working week. the theme is that cold, fresh conditions to working from the north—west and humid air that has beenin north—west and humid air that has been in charge gets squeezed away behind this weather front. really tight isobars behind this weather front. really tight isoba rs circling behind this weather front. really tight isobars circling around the area of high pressure, windy

conditions first thing monday morning, across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. 70 mile para costs likely through the central belt, could cause disruption for monday morning rush—hour, heavy downpours likely to. the leaves and branches being pulled off the trees. showers also to northern ireland, northern england, further south, not quite as windy and is looking dry and brighter also. temperatures generally between 1a to 18 celsius on monday. some rain in the south—west late in the day, pushing its way gradually eastwards along southern england a monday night. tuesday, clearing away to the south, and improving picture by the time we get to tuesday. still quite breezy but the strongest of the winds will either way on tuesday, we will continue to see some showers across northern part of the country, drier towards the south, cooler than it has been with temperatures around 16 celsius. this is bbc news.

the headlines at 11: on the first day of the conservative conference, theresa may says she's sorry the party didn't win a majority at the general election. i know people who went out during that election who worked really hard and i'm sorry the result was not the one all of us wanted. voters clash with riot police in the spanish region of catalonia, as many try to take part in a banned referendum on independence. the low—cost travel company, monarch, has been granted a 24—hour extension to its licence to sell package holidays. an air france flight was forced to make a sudden diversion when it lost part of an engine over the atlantic. also in the next hour — the invictus games hold their closing ceremony.